Brisk Fighting in Tunisia as Allies Gain Ground
Allied forces report Tunisian combat near Sousse driven by French advance from Kairouan trapping prisoners and seizing equipment. Rommel’s retreat to Tunisia accelerates as Axis troops pull west from Libya while Dakar hosts a joint Army Navy mission to fit airports harbors and ships to North African operations. American personnel form a modest but hopeful presence amid cordial civilian support.
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Africa
Tunisia
Sousse
Kairouan
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Nehring
Rommiel
Dakar
West Africa
Navy
William Classford
Air Force
President Roosevelt Signs Federal Pay Raise Bill
President Roosevelt signed legislation granting pay raises to about half a million federal employees. The same action also abolishes Saturday afternoon holidays as part of the new pay package.
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Washington
Roosevelt
banquet toast sparks Russian reply at Moscow dinner
The Washington Merry-Go-Round notes a Moscow banquet for Wendell Willkie where Stalin applauded as Joe Barnes spoke in Russian. Gardner Cowles, tied to the Des Moines Register, anticipated a bold toast but the page ends with the line continued on Page Four.
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Washington
Wendell Willkie
Moscow
Stalin
Molotoff
Joe Barnes
Russia
Office of War Information
Willkie
Barnes
Ford
Gardner
Mike" Cowles
Dee Moines Register and Magazine
Packl
Cowles
Americans Hit Burma From Air In Daylight Raids
Four motored American bombers raided Rangoon twice on Sunday and once on Tuesday, destroying airfield hangars and dockyards in flames. Medium bombers targeted central Burma railroad yards on Monday and Tuesday, scoring direct hits on tracks and rolling stock. The raids faced only two Japanese fighters, with one likely shot down and no American losses.
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New Delhi
Rangoon
U. S. Air Force
Burma
White Christmas Forecast for Juneau
Weather across Juneau and Auk Bay shows a heavy snowstorm with depths from 16 inches to three feet. Temperatures range from 10 to 16 degrees above zero, and gusty winds affect readings at the Fire Hall.
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Juneau
Auk Bay
Juneau Boy Joins Navy as Recruit at Farragut
Clarence V. Foster, son of J. T. Foster of Juneau Alaska, reported for recruit training at the U. S. Naval Training Station Farragut Idaho. Over the coming weeks he will undergo basic sea mar iship and physical hardening before becoming a bluejacket and entering a Navy service school or fleet duty. Buy defense bonds.
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Farragut
Idaho
Clarence V. Foster
U.S
J. T. Foster
Juneau
Alaska
Navy
Christmas Greetings From Col Roy W Riegle
The message extends merriest Christmas wishes to the people of Juneau and Douglas and vicinity and hopes for a new year of hope joy and prosperity from Col Roy W Riegle and his officers and men.
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Juneau
Douglas
Sitka Fire Destroys L. C. Berg Apartments
A third major Sitka blaze in two months destroys the L. C. Berg Apartments leaving about 16 families homeless just before Christmas. Betty Darlin is among those displaced. owners Mr and Mrs Berg have left for the States.
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Sitka
Alaska
L. C. Berg
Betty Darlin
Berg
States
Alaska Soldiers Await Hunting Rights Delay
Des 24 soldiers in Alaska must wait as Congress has not passed the Alaska Game Law bill. The House approved a reorganization granting soldiers right to hunt and fish without license, but the measure died in the Senate Territories committee. Alaska Delegate Dimond and Fish and Wildlife Service oppose the amendments.
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Washington
Des
Alaska
Congress
House
Senate Committee On Territories
Anthony J.dimond
Fish and Wildlife Service
Dimond
Army grid star Red Cagle dies in probable accident
New York dispatch reports the death of Christian Keener Red Cagle, noted former Army football star. Police say the cause was probably accidental from a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage after a fall.
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New York
Christian Keener
Red” Cagle
Army
Open House for Juneau Volunteer Fire Department Planned
Christmas edition features five sections and 30 pages. Open house tomorrow from 2 to 5 pm in the City Hall building. Joe Johnston chairs arrangements with Herman Porter Ken Junge assisting.
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Juneau Volunt
Christina
Joe Johnston
Herman Porter
Aritual
Jand
Wartime Christmas for America rings across fronts
President Roosevelt sends wartime season greetings as families hear of four sons abroad and soldiers abroad celebrate in Ireland Northern Ireland Australia New Zealand and India. Home front workers pause tanks guns ships after WPB calls for holiday rest then resume with renewed energy as Army Navy plans promise festive meals for troops overseas and prisoners receive aid.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
United States
Ireland
Northern Ireland
United States Army
Wll
Great Britain
Wright
America
England
Australia
New Zealand
India
Joseph Stilwell
Christine
Pacific
North
Africa
WPB
Donald Nelson
Army Private Reveals 52 Surgeries in Year
Denver report describes Py Notre Riddick, a 22 year old, recounting 52 operations in one year when he was 3 to 4 years old to treat a blood disease. Army doctors told him he must be kidding as he displayed scars two inches long on his body.
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Denver
Py Notre Riddick
Riddick
Skunk Used to Trace Odor at Bear Mountain Museum
Museum officials used a skunk to locate a strong odor making work impossible. The animal followed the scent to its source, rotting meat stored by rats in a nearby building.
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Nack, N
Bear Mountain Trailside Museum
New War Weapon Being Turned Out Now
British experts praise a new sub machine gun the Sten, designed to fire 32 rounds at 9 mm, weighing about 6.5 pounds and 46 inches long. Production exceeds a million units for frontline use and Home Guard deployment.
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Jack Stennett
Washington
Bec
Leutenant
Wati Sma
Mentary
Ministry of Supply
Calla
Trey
Restrictions on German aliens in West lifted
The Army has lifted curfew and travel restrictions on German aliens in the eight state Western Defense Command area. Restrictions were imposed to March and March 1942. The changes come as Japanese restrictions remain inapplicable to Germans in the affected zones.
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San Francisco
Calif
Western Defense Command
Lis Marck
Alaska Men Awarded for Action in Defense of Kiska
Five posthumous and several living awards honor Allied air crews for the October 6 attack that sank two Japanese destroyers near Kiska. Dist Distinguished Flying Crosses and Air Medals were presented to several officers and enlisted men. among them Lester Gaisiner of Anchorage.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Doc
M— Jaa
Hinge Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Hie
Sen Missle
Kiska
Lien Duck
Lester
Gaisiner
Pope Christmas Broadcast Warns Against Subordination to Politics
Vatican radio broadcast by the pope denounces the danger of politics and nationalism overruling faith and condemns Marxist influences. The address urges unity and moral law amid global tensions. Street events led by Bert Lybeck with Mayor Jerry Lucas hosted by the Street Department at the City Mall offered a brief respite.
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Rome
Vatican Ciu
Bert Lybeck
Jerry Lucas
City Mall
McArthur reports heavy fighting as Allied push near Buna
In New Guinea Allied forces under General MacArthur say hundreds of Japanese are dead and enemy positions around Buna and Cape Enhaladera are collapsing. The same communique notes the Australian corvette Armidale was bombed, and Allied forces claim successful air and sea actions against Japanese defenses in Timor and nearby waters.
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Australia
Buna
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Buna Village
Cape Enaladere
Teste
Sam More
Edey
Cape Sananida
de Armidale
Portuguese Timor
Russians Press Advance Along Don River Front
Soviet authorities report a continued Red advance from the Don River area toward Rostov with gains of 12 to 18 miles in a day and an eight day march totaling 72 to 103 miles. The communique claims German losses near 8,000 in a recent operation, bringing total German casualties or captures to about 60,000.
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Don River
Rostov
JAD Field Raided in Solomons
American bombers raided the Jap airfield at Munda on New Georgia Island in the Solomon Islands today. The action followed previous strikes as forces pressed across the Pacific theater.
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Solomons
MacArthur
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